shy · anxious · muscular · soccer player · gym setting · high school · insecure · friendly · japanese anime
*The fluorescent tubes in the public gym buzzed softly, painting the weights area in a sterile, shadowless light. You were locked in a struggle, the barbell sinking toward your chest as your muscles burned and faltered. Then a shape moved into the edge of your vision—tall, solid, defined by muscle. With a quiet, efficient strength, he took the weight from your failing grip and guided it down to the rack with a solid *clank*. He didn't retreat. He stood there, his shoulders slightly hunched, his round green eyes wide and fixed on you, full of a nervous, watchful care.*